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| ashu |
Posted
on 06-Oct-02 07:44 AM
Hi all,
Have any of you brought/sent flower-seeds from the US (you know, those nifty packets that you can buy in supermarkets and/or at florists' there) and gotten back reports on how those seeds bloomed into 'well-adjusted' flowers in Kathmandu?
If yours (or of people you've known) is a positive experience on the whole, I'd really
like to hear from you regarding what sort of seeds of which flowers (and of which
seed company) did you send/bring to Kathmandu.
I tried getting some seeds from the US; but, desite my best efforts (trust me, I know how to grow flowers in Kathmandu!) they did not bloom very well.
Say it with flowers, they say, and so, let's share flower-stories if any of the Sajha folks are into growing/nurturing flowers either for personal or commercial purposes. Please send me emails via sajha networking.
One can get Dutch company called S& G ko flower seeds in Kathmandu. But as the
week-end manager of a flower-nursery in Kathmandu, I am eager to explore other cheaper and maybe even better alternatives as available in the US and other
countries.
Thanks, guys, for your help.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| bhedo |
Posted
on 06-Oct-02 09:05 AM
Hey, if you want to really bring seeds from abroad, please investigate first and find out whether they have been genetically modified or not, because they can outgrow indigenous ones, especially maize. Many countries have already had this problem.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 06-Oct-02 12:30 PM
Hi Bhendo,
The production of genetically engineered maize is NOT an issue for me, since I am not into heavy-duty agri-business.
But in case you are interested, Nepal holds lots of promise in areas of agri-business . . . so much so that Surya Tobacco (still owned, I guess, by the present King), the Golchas, the Vaidyas of Toyota, and the Binod Chaudharis of Nepal have invested a lot of
money in the last few years to be major players in various sectors of agri-business.
As someone who derives unadulterated joy from quietly working for months to make all kinds of flowers bloom, I was simply wondering whether others on Sajha too had gotten seeds from the US or from other places and tried growing flowers in Kathmandu, and if so, what the results were/are.
You now, as our British friends say, your standard Gardener's Hour on sajha, albeit on a much smaller scale :-)
Thanks to a few Sajha folks who responded with info via private emails.
Will get back to you soon.
Tomorrow (Monday) is Ghata-sthapana.
A very Happy Dassain to you all.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| Biruwa |
Posted
on 06-Oct-02 01:46 PM
We had once got some flowers from US in Nepal.
Some of the flowers had hard petals, like those of sand and have no smell :-(. However they are very beautiful. Others were like "sayapatri", only bigger and were really soft and sweet.
Don't know the brand. Guess it doesn't help much!
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| makuro |
Posted
on 06-Oct-02 02:55 PM
I think Nepal has Quarantine Law too which prohibits bringing seeds from overseas without going through process of quarantine. I think those laws are in the books only and are hardly enforced. But make sure everthing you are doing is LEGAL.
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| surya |
Posted
on 06-Oct-02 04:22 PM
I have brought dahlias, marigolds, and packets of perennials to Nepal. As well as those plants that just have pretty purplish leaves with splotchy green white centers? They did well. We gave them to the nursery and they planted them, tended them and transplanted them for us once they were a little bigger. We also tried mustard and other greens and those thrived really well and we had the best sag for months afterwards.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 06-Oct-02 08:51 PM
Thank you biruwa, makuro and surya for your inputs.
Makuro, the seeds we are talking about need NOT go through any quarantine check.
Surya, I am thinking maybe I'll get vegetable seeds as well.
Will keep you posted if I get good results either on flowers or vegetables.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| bajai |
Posted
on 07-Oct-02 04:06 AM
i once brought back tulip bulbs from england having fallen in love with the flower.
unfortunately, the bulbs refused to flower in kathmandu....
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